Brahma by Devdutt Pattanaik

Author:Devdutt Pattanaik
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789353052744
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Published: 2018-09-04T16:00:00+00:00

Some images are svayambhu, naturally potent, hence attract throngs of devotees. They need few, if any, aura-replenishing rituals. Balaji, the deity who resides atop the hills of Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh, is said to be so sensitive to people’s needs that even though his eyes are covered with sandal paste he is able to respond to the needs of over a hundred thousand pilgrims who visit his temple every day.

As devotees leave a shrine, they try to carry with them anything that has come in contact with the deity: dry flakes of sandal paste, ash, water, flowers, cloth or food. This is prasad. It contains divine aura by coming in contact with God. It has the power to carry divine blessings wherever it goes. The principle underlying this practice is called ‘contagious magic’, the ability to transmit sacredness through contact.

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